Artifacts from the 1700s Dry Well

These wine bottle fragments are among thousands of artifacts discovered in an 18th-century basement dry well during a recently completed dig inside the College of William and Mary's 1723 Brafferton Building.

These wine bottle fragments are among thousands of artifacts discovered in an 18th-century basement dry well during a recently completed dig inside the College of William and Mary's 1723 Brafferton Building. (Photo by Sangjib Ming/Daily Press)

These wine bottle fragments are among thousands of artifacts discovered in an 18th-century basement dry well during a recently completed dig inside the College of William and Mary's 1723 Brafferton Building.Photo by Sangjib Ming/Daily Press